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Unknown (Mexican),
Ethnic -- Indian
Ethnic -- Mexican
Figure male -- Full length
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Fresno
Stele
Sculpture
Atlante De Tula, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown (Mexican), sculptor.
Title:
Atlante De Tula, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Tula Atlantean, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1980.
Medium:
Stele: stone; Base: concrete, glazed ceramic tile.
Dimensions:
Stele: approx. H. 17 ft. x W. 3 ft.; Base: approx. H. 5 ft. x W. 8 ft.
Inscription:
(Sign on base:) ATLANTE DE TULA/REPLICA OF A TOLTEC SCULPTURE/(YEAR 900 A.D.)/DONATED TO THE MEXICAN AMERICAN/COMMUNITY OF THE SAN JOAQUIN/VALLEY AND TO THE COUNTY AND THE/CITY OF FRESNO CALIFORNIA BY THE/PEOPLE AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE/STATE OF HIDALGO MEXICO./OCTOBER 1980. unsigned
Description:
Stone stele replica of a Toltec sculpture from the tenth century. Stele is a full-length stylized figure of a man. Stele is set on a concrete base. The concrete base rests in the middle of a basin of patterned blue, orange, white and red glazed ceramic tile.
Subject:
Ethnic -- Indian -- Toltec
Ethnic -- Mexican
Figure male -- Full length
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Fresno
Stele
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Fresno County, Parks Department, Fresno, California
Located Fresno County Courthouse Park, Tulare between L and Van Ness, Fresno, California
Remarks:
IAS files contain copy of related article from Fresno Bee, August 11, 1989.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS CA001113
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
CA001113
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